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Thursday, June 25, 2015

IIT-Kanpur student slits wrist in suicide bid - TNN

KANPUR: A post graduate student of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) slit his wrist in a suicide bid late on Monday evening. Panicky authorities immediately rushed him to health centre on the campus from where he was later referred to Regency Hospital in Sarvodaya Nagar.

On Tuesday, his condition was stated to be stable. The reason behind the drastic step was yet to be ascertained.

The authorities are waiting for the student's recovery to initiate a probe. However, his colleagues said that he took the step in depression.

Acting director Prof Ajit Chaturvedi confirmed the incident but said that the reason behind the drastic step was yet to be ascertained.

"We all are shocked and are unaware as to what went wrong," he said. The acting director further said that no fact finding committee had been constituted so far.

A fellow colleague found PG student Arun Kumar Sharma lying in a pool of blood.

Realising that Sharma had slit his wrists, the colleague immediately alerted institute authorities. After admitting him to Regency Hospital, institute authorities informed his parents in Kota.

Meanwhile, Sharma's colleagues kept a night-long vigil in the hospital praying for his well-being.

On Tuesday, his father Arun Sharma reached the hospital and broke down after seeing his condition.

Attending medical staff said that the boy's condition had improved and he had been shifted to a room.